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diary information on activity, location, and co-presence to estimate infection risks associated with daily behavior, we show … clear changes in such behavior related to infection risk between the pre- and mid-lockdown periods: a substantial reduction …
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The demographic transition -the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality regime- is one of the most fundamental transformations that countries undertake. To study demographic transitions across time and space, we compile a data set of birth and death...
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Observationally equivalent workers are paid higher wages in larger firms. This fact is often named as the "firm-size wage gap" and is regarded as a key empirical puzzle. Using micro-level data from Turkey, we document a new stylized fact: the firm-size wage gap is more pronounced for informal...
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This paper studies relationships between social networks, health and subjective well-being (SWB) using nationally … social networks and a rapidly changing society due to substantial economic and demographic changes. We find that it is better …
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This paper examines whether children are better off if their parents have stronger social networks. Using data on high …
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Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. This paper studies the … mechanisms by which social networks have an impact on labor market outcomes of displaced workers. We base our analysis on … administrative records for the universe of private sector employment in Austria where we define work-related networks formed by past …
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grade repetition and high-school dropout. Building on detailed information on friendship networks within classes, we also …
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This paper explores a novel mechanism of gender identity formation. Specifically, we explore how the work behavior of a teenager's own mother, as well as that of her friends' mothers, affect her work decisions in adulthood. The first mechanism is commonly included in economic models. The second,...
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Gneezy et al. (2012) uses attribution theory from the psychology literature to argue that when the object of discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or intensifies the emotional response to the object of...
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higher than that of strong ties. We also show that one underestimates the effect of social networks on migration by not …
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